EXPAND

Replicate and tile each element of an array.

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EXPAND(A,SZ), for array A and vector SZ replicates each element of A by SZ. The results are tiled into an array in the same order as the elements of A, so that the result is size: size(A).*SZ.

Therefore the number of elements of SZ must equal the number of dimensions of A, or in MATLAB syntax:

length(size(A))==length(SZ)

must be true.
The result will have the same number of dimensions as does A.
There is no restriction on the number of dimensions for input A.

Examples:

>> A = [1 2;3 4]
A =
1 2
3 4
>> expand(A,[2 1])
ans =
1 2
1 2
3 4
3 4
>> expand(A,[2 2])
ans =
1 1 2 2
1 1 2 2
3 3 4 4
3 3 4 4

Please email me if bugs are found in the code. Thanks.

Cite As

Matt Fig (2026). EXPAND (https://ch.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/24536-expand), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

Acknowledgements

Inspired by: REPLICATE

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
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  • Linux
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1.1.0.0

Added kron to the see also list.

1.0.0.0